Vehicle



(No Model.)

G. M. BLYDENBURGH'.

VEHICLE.

No. 395,870. Patented Jan. 8, 1889.

WIT/[E8838 [WE/V7078 W A fi /6 wW/ 0O CHARLES M. BLYDENBURGIT, OFRIVERIIEA'D, NEW" YORK.

VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,870, dated January8, 1889.

Application filed October 12, 1888. derial No. 287,905. (No model.)

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Be it. known that 1, CHARLES M. BLYDEN- BURGH, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Riverhead, Long Island, State of New York, haveinvented certain Improvements in Vehicles, of which the following is afull and clear description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1represents a perspective view of a vehicle-body having my improvementsapplied. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same.

Hyinvention relates particularly to the construction of vehicle-seatsand their adjuncts; and it consists in the constructions andcombinations of devices which I shall hereinafter fully describe andclaim.

To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains tomake and use the same, I will now describe its construction and indicatethe manner in which the same is carried out.

In the said drawings, A represents the vehicle-body, of any approveddesign and construction, and having, preferably, an internal chamber,within which may be placed blankets, robes, or other articles. The bodyA has secured to it the front seat, B, which carries at its rear a rigidlazy-back, C, of any wellknown form, and to which a rear seat maybeattached when said rear seat is not in use as a seat.

I11 the construction of buckboards and similar vehicles it is desirablethat the body should be provided with a supplemental. scat which may bereadily brought into play for use as a rear seat, and it is alsodesirable that this seat should fold within the chambered body when notin use, in which case it is out of the way, and yet may readily beconverted into a rear seat when the exigencies of the case require itsemployment.

To provide a simple means of accomplishing the desired results, I hingein rear of the front seat, either to the rear of said front seat itselfor to the rear portion of the body, a seat, D, which may be suitablyupholstered, and when used in connection with any well-known form ofstandard or seat-supportsuch, for

instance, as shown at ais particularly applicable as a convenient,strong, and readlly-applied rear seat. It is obvious that when this rearseat is used it may be hinged by a universal joint either to the body orfront seat, so that it may be turned up against the lazyback of thefront seat, to which it may be secured by hooks or other fasteningmeans,

thereby forming a full. back; or it may pass behind or under the toprail of the lazy-back when a skeleton lazy-back is employed, as shown inFig. 1, and when not in use it may be readily folded into the body ofthe vehicle by simply swinging the front seat on its hinge, if ahingedseat. is used, until the chamber beneath is exposed to permit theintroduction of the rear seat. .lly this construction I am enabled toprovide a vehicle with a readily-convertible rear seat of simpleconstruetion,which serves the double purpose of a rear seat and also ameans of converting a skeleton lazyback into a full back.

Instead. of the rear seat folding into the body or box, it may fold downback of said body, in which case the front seat need not necessarily behinged, but may be a rigid seat, and the said rear seat may also be usedwith said rigid seat, and may fold up against the lazy-baek and besecured thereto, in which case it is out of the way and not. liable tothe injurious effects of the weather.

Another feature of my inventionis the providing of means whereby theoccupant of the rear seat is furnished with an arm-support when the rearseat is in use, for it is evident that when a seat extends back of thefront seat and the occupant is compelled to ride backward some meansshould be provided to serve as a support or rest for the arms of therear occupant, and also prevent his being 1111-,

seated by the sudden lurching of the vehicle. To provide this importantfactor, I secure to the side rails, 11, of the body suitable supports,0, which are sufficiently wide to form a secure rest for the arms, andsaid supports project rearwardly beyond the body or box A of the vehicleto insure the safety of the occupant even though the vehicle should begiven a sudden lurch; \Vhen this rearseat and the arm-supports areemployed, it will be understood that the bottom or floor of the vehiclewill project far enough back of the box or bodyA to furnish room for theoccupants feet.

I am aware that mud-fenders have been employed on different classes ofvehicles, and I do not claim that my supports 0 serve the purpose ofsaid fenders; in fact they do not and cannot be made to take theirplace, because they are secured near the side rails of the body, and donot project far enough to come over the wheels to catch the flying inud,while with 1nud-fenders they are direetl y over the Wheels, and areusually supported from the body by rods or braces, and leaving large.spaces between the said tenders and the side of the body.

l l'z'tving thus described my invent ion, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l.. The (mnibiuation, with a vehicle-body having an internal chamberanda seathingml to the front thereof and provided with a lazyback, of asuppleinental scat hinged in the rear of said front seat and adapted toserve as a rear seat, said rear seat being also adapted to fold upagainst and be secured to the said pose (.lescribed.

:2. The combination, with a vehicle-body havin g a foldin seat, ofsuitable arm-supports secured to said body and projectingbehind the bodyof the Vehicle, sul'istantially as and. for the purpose herein.described.

3. The combination, With a vehicle-body having a hinged front seat, of arear seat adapted to fold within the body, and suitable supports, c, forthe arms, said supports being secured to the sides of the body andprojectingrearwardly beyond said body, whereby they serve as aprljitection to the occupant of the rear seat, substantially asdescribed.

-l-. An improved vehicle comprising a chainbered body portion, a frontseat hinged thereto and provided With alazy-back, a suppleinel'ital seathinged in rear of the front seat and adapted to fold Within said bodyand up against said lazy-back, and suitable arm-supports secureddirectly to the body and proi jet-ting in rear thereof, substantially asand for the purpose described.

(ll/\RLES l\.l. BLYD'ENIJURGH. Witnesses:

W. ll. PA'PIERSON, EDWARD FOWLER.

